the lowercase esports podcast

EsportsWiki is an important resource, especially for League of Legends. However, the wiki's ownership seem to have signaled that it is considering its options by making public the six figure hole the operation's budget has. In the end, some things just have to make money.

With today's latest foray into public broadcasting by Twitch, I believe it's something that the Amazon-owned streaming company should be getting serious about.

Not everyone is happy about the growth of the FGC. I can't figure out why.

Riot did something that you probably saw today. So let's think about that for a little bit.

There are so many tournaments out there for pro players in the Smash scene that some have taken to complaining. Now either I'm getting good trolled and they're happy with a scene that maybe has 100k in prizes a year, or they're too upset to be disappointed in themselves for allowing such a low stakes scene to continue to exist. I think they should be asking for more and I think the TOs should be putting on bigger competitions. But then again… I could just be getting trolled.

When an esports platform dies, does it truly end?

Jeff Kaplan's communication skills are a treasure that the Overwatch community should appreciate more. This episode goes over some of the responses he gave in a Q&A session with moderators of the r/Overwatch subreddit and how… personable he comes across. A welcome ambassador from Blizzard to its players.

Since Sheever went public with her diagnosis, I can't help but think about that whole labyrinth known as fighting cancer. No big episode today, just sharing what's on my mind.

In this episode, I catch up on some stories that I normally would throw in the notebook to help me keep track of where the esports industry is going, generally. Except I didn't take notes for these stories.

A lot of news dropped since the weekend wrapped up, including ATVI announcement that MLG will run the Overwatch League. With Kotick reportedly handling over $20m in deals to sign NFL owners up as franchisees, it seems that OWL development has gone into overdrive.